ONE PIECE Episode 10 Recap & Characters (Spoiler-Free)

Episode Summary

The Weirdest Guy Ever! Jango the Hypnotist!

Klahadore, the butler whom Kaya's father had taken in and who sent Usopp away, is revealed to be Captain Kuro of the Black Cat Pirates. Kuro and the hypnotist Jango plan to assassinate Kaya to inherit her wealth, and the Black Cat ship is stationed at the island ready to invade the village. Usopp overhears the plot and flees toward the village after Jango hypnotizes Luffy off a cliff.

• Klahadore confronts the crew

  Klahadore refuses the crew's request for a ship, insults Usopp's pirate father, and expels Usopp and the crew from the front yard. He later explains to Kaya his past and his reasons for protecting her.

• Cliff meeting exposes Kuro

  Usopp and Luffy find Klahadore meeting the hypnotist Jango and learn he is really Captain Kuro of the Black Cat Pirates, plotting Kaya's assassination through hypnotic manipulation of her will.

• Usopp flees the cliff

  Jango hypnotizes Luffy so he falls off the cliff, and the villains let Usopp go, judging the townspeople would not believe him. Usopp runs toward the village.

Recent Timeline

• Buggy Ball reflected and Zoro defeats Cabaji (Episode 7)

  Buggy fired a Buggy Ball at the group, but Luffy deflected it with his rubber body and sent it back, wiping out Buggy's men; only Buggy and Cabaji survived, having used subordinates and Richie as shields. Cabaji then used dirty tricks aimed at Zoro's stab wound and attacked from angles on his unicycle, but Zoro's Oni Giri sliced his chest and defeated him. Zoro fell asleep, leaving Luffy and Buggy as the only combatants left.

• Buggy's lost treasure and repelled town attack (Episode 8)

  Long ago, as an apprentice pirate alongside Shanks, Buggy secretly kept a map to an undersea treasure and a Devil Fruit he meant to sell. When Shanks startled him he accidentally swallowed the Bara Bara Fruit; the wind then blew the map overboard, and when he dove after it he found he could no longer swim, losing the treasure.

  Buggy later split into pieces to seize his stolen treasure in a townwide attack, but Luffy struck him down, Nami bound many of his body parts with rope, and Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Bazooka blasted the weakened Buggy out of the town. Townspeople who had fled then returned and wrongly blamed the crew for the destruction; Luffy fled the angry mob, and Chouchou stopped them so the crew could reach the pier and escape. Luffy left Buggy's treasure for the citizens to fund repairs, to Nami's dismay.

• Usopp's bluffs and Yasopp's identity (Episode 9)

  Usopp ran through the village warning of a pirate attack, then admitted he had invented the alarm; the angry villagers chased him, and he escaped. Usopp then claimed to command eighty million followers, but Nami exposed the bluff, and when the visitors also detected his three followers, Tamanegi called for a retreat, showing his pirate bravado to be hollow.

  Luffy identified Yasopp as Usopp's father, surprising Usopp, who confirmed the name. Luffy explained he had met Yasopp as a child, when Yasopp sailed with Shanks's crew, and recognized the resemblance. This revealed that Usopp's father is a pirate from Shanks's crew who left the village because he could not resist the sea.

• Usopp expelled and Luffy falls from cliff (Episode 10)

  Usopp attacked Klahadore after Klahadore insulted his pirate father. Klahadore expelled Usopp and the crew from the front yard and ordered them never to return.

  Jango hypnotized Luffy while Kuro and Jango discovered that he and Usopp had been overhearing their plot, and Luffy fell headfirst off the cliff.

• Usopp flees with news of the plot (Episode 10)

  Kuro and Jango decided not to pursue Usopp, judging that the townspeople would not believe him. Usopp fled toward the village carrying news of the plot.

Character Graph

Kaya

Sickly girl who lost both parents to illness a year earlier and withdrew into grief; her cheer has returned through Usopp's stories.

• Health

  Sickly, and her caretaker restricts visitors to protect her weak health.

• Usopp (Friend, Affinity)

  Friend who visits her and makes her laugh with invented adventures.

Ninjin

Child follower of Usopp who joined his group and confirmed Kaya has become much more cheerful.

• Role

  Joined Usopp's group and, while searching for their captain, led Luffy, Zoro and Nami to Kaya's mansion.

• Usopp (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Follower of Usopp.

Piiman

Child follower of Usopp who joined his group and explained that Usopp's stories make Kaya laugh.

• Role

  Joined Usopp's group and, while searching for their captain, led Luffy, Zoro and Nami to Kaya's mansion.

• Usopp (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Follower of Usopp.

Tamanegi

Child follower of Usopp who brought news of a skull-marked ship and warned that the gatekeeper would block entry.

• Role

  Called for a retreat when the visitors detected Usopp's followers.

• Usopp (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Follower of Usopp who brought him news of a skull-marked ship.

Usopp

Village youth who invents tall tales and leads a small group of followers; wants to become a pirate.

• Tall tales

  Invents an alarm, claims to command eighty million followers, and tells extravagant stories to entertain Kaya.

• Kaya (Friend, Affinity)

  Visits Kaya despite her caretaker's refusal and entertains her with stories.

• Yasopp (Family, Affinity)

  Son of Yasopp, who is proud of his father's willingness to risk his life at sea.

• Piiman (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Follower who joins Usopp's group.

• Ninjin (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Follower who joins Usopp's group.

• Tamanegi (Hierarchy, Affinity)

  Follower who brings Usopp news and joins his group.

Yasopp

Red Hair Pirates

Usopp's father, a sharpshooter in Shanks's crew who left the village because he could not resist the pirate life.

• Past

  Met Luffy as a child aboard Shanks's ship and repeatedly spoke of his son.

• Usopp (Family, Affinity)

  Father of Usopp who left the village to sail as a pirate.

Jango (the hypnotist)

A hypnotist who introduces himself as such and conspires with Captain Kuro to assassinate Kaya.

• Hypnotism

  Demonstrated hypnotism by putting children to sleep with a chakram on a string, and can hypnotize people into changing their wills.

World Memo

• Town built from wasteland

  The townspeople built their community from wasteland forty years before the present events, and Boodle regards the town and its people as his treasure.

Battle Record

Buggy splits himself with Bara Bara Festival to seize Nami's treasure; Luffy intervenes and strikes him down, then Nami restrains his body parts with rope and Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Bazooka sends him out of town. The Buggy Pirates are repelled.

Zoro vs Buggy at Buggy's camp

Cannon standoff · Episode 5

Location: Buggy's camp, by the cannon

Trigger: Buggy ordered Nami to fire a Buggy Ball at the caged Luffy as proof of loyalty, and Zoro arrived to rescue them

Buggy Pirates vs Straw Hat trio

• Buggy Pirates — leader: Buggy / crew: Buggy's men
• Straw Hat trio — fighters: Roronoa Zoro, Luffy / ally: Nami

Outcome: Zoro turns the Buggy Ball cannon on Buggy's crew and Nami lights it; the blast scatters the pirates, and the wounded Zoro escapes with Nami, carrying Luffy in his cage.

Zoro vs Cabaji duel

Episode 7

Trigger: Cabaji offers to fight the group on Buggy's behalf

Sides

• Straw Hat group — duelist: Roronoa Zoro
• Buggy Pirates — duelist: Cabaji

Outcome: Cabaji defeated by Zoro's Oni Giri slash to the chest; Zoro collapses asleep on the ground

Aftermath

• Cabaji falls off his unicycle

Battle against the Buggy Pirates in Orange Town

Bara Bara split and rope restraint · Episodes 6–8

Location: Orange Town

Trigger: Buggy's assault on Orange Town, ending with his attempt to seize back the treasure Nami stole from him

Buggy vs Luffy and Nami

• Buggy Pirates — leader: Buggy
• Straw Hat crew — fighters: Luffy, Nami

Outcome: Buggy is sent flying out of town and the Buggy Pirates are repelled

Aftermath

• Nami gives Luffy the Grand Line map and keeps the rest of Buggy's treasure
• Citizens wrongly blame the group for the town's destruction
• Luffy leaves part of Buggy's treasure behind for the town's repairs, to Nami's dismay

Ability Table

Music Releases

• We Are! (OP)
• Memories (ED)